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RFC 1035 - 5. MASTER FILES

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### 5. MASTER FILES

Master files are text files that contain RRs in text form. Since the contents of a zone can be expressed in the form of a list of RRs a master file is most often used to define a zone, though it can be used to list a cache's contents. Hence, this section first discusses the format of RRs in a master file, and then the special considerations when a master file is used to create a zone in some name server.

5.1. Format
5.2. Use of master files to define zones
5.3. Master file example

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RFC 1035 - 5. MASTER FILES